The workshops progressed well and with help, the number of items increased steadily. I have started laying out a setting on the medium wargame table to display some of the work that has gone on.
So here's a shot of a settlement edge. There are some sandbags about especially around and across the road from the blue quatre-bras style house.
In the background is a country inn made of cardboard. The hedges are professional.
So things are coming along, nicely. The river and a few more features, coming soon :)
Meanwhile, I decided that good though the Lionel Tarr rules were and indeed some other rule sets that I possess, I really should write a set of simple solo rules for myself. These are nearly done, too and I will publish the first set for anyone to download and test out when they are ready.
I also found an excellent resource for naval warfare on line at http://www.coatneyhistory.com/NavalAction.htm (and I will be writing to the author to show what I have done with his work). There, I found templates that were easier to use than reworking scanned copies of Janes 1940 deck plans. I decided, since I had the details of navies of the time, to go further and use the templates to develop the whole fleets of nations. Paintshop Pro, as ever, helped me redesign many, adding and taking gun decks off and varying sizes to match approximate dimensions of the real ships.
Here is an example of a naval squadron owned by one of the players.
A highly useful resource. I have cut out each ship, rubber backed it and now it is usable on a detail scale map to track position of each within a square or more than a square of the campaign map. Each player has the same option.
Onwards.........
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